Anver M. Emon is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, specializing in Islamic law and teaching first-year torts. He is cross appointed (status only) to the Faculty of Social Work and the Centre for the Study of Religion. Anver’s research focus is on medieval and modern Islamic legal theory and history, His general academic interests include law and religion, legal history (medieval European and Islamic), and legal philosophy. His current research project concerns the Islamic legal philosophical traditions and the treatment of non-Muslims under Islamic law. He is called to the California State Bar. He has published articles on topics such as Islamic law and constitutionalism, natural law and natural rights in Islamic law, and the Ontario Sharia debate. Currently he sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Religion and is the founding editor of the Journal of Middle East Law and Policy (forthcoming).
Faculty of Law
BA (UC Berkeley), JD (UCLA School of Law), MA (History, Univ. of Texas at Austin), LLM (Yale Law School), and PhD (History, UCLA)
Called to the California State Bar
84 Queen’s Park, Toronto
tel:(416) 946-0832
email:anver.emon@utoronto.ca
Areas of Research
Islamic legal history and theory, medieval European legal history, legal philosophy. SJD (in progress) Yale Law School: treatment of non-Muslims under Islamic law and Islamic legal hermeneutic theory.
Selected publications
“The Limits of Constitutionalism in the Muslim World: History and Identity in Islamic Law,” in Constitutional Design for Divided Societies, ed. Sujit Choudhry (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
“On the Pope, Cartoons, and Apostates: Shari’a 2006,” Journal of Law and Religion 22, no. 2 (2006-2007): 303-321;
“Huquq Allah and Huquq al-’Ibad: A Legal Heuristic for a Natural Rights Regime,” Islamic Law and Society 13, no. 3 (2006): 325-391;